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In another pending motion, the office of the regional public defender for capital cases asked Judge Gallagher to order that experts refrain from using the terms psychopath and sociopath in reference to Horner.
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Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Apr. 2026
The overriding impression of Altman from Farrow and Marantz’s story is of a borderline sociopath; an executive with no compunction about lying to get ahead.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 7 Apr. 2026
She gets roughed up by the homeless shelter’s resident sociopath (Lea Delaria, who is riveting) and meets comrades like the sweet Nova (Demi Lovato) and the combative Denise (Ariana DeBose), who’s as difficult as Amanda is.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 20 Mar. 2026
His mother pathologizing him as somewhat of a sociopath and planting that seed in his head is the bigger issue with Benton.
—Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 19 Mar. 2026
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Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Apr. 2026
The overriding impression of Altman from Farrow and Marantz’s story is of a borderline sociopath; an executive with no compunction about lying to get ahead.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 7 Apr. 2026
She gets roughed up by the homeless shelter’s resident sociopath (Lea Delaria, who is riveting) and meets comrades like the sweet Nova (Demi Lovato) and the combative Denise (Ariana DeBose), who’s as difficult as Amanda is.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 20 Mar. 2026
His mother pathologizing him as somewhat of a sociopath and planting that seed in his head is the bigger issue with Benton.
—Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 19 Mar. 2026
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“Sociopath.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sociopath. Accessed 12 Apr. 2026.
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sociopath
noun
so·cio·path
ˈsō-sē-ə-ˌpath 
ˈsō-sh(ē-)ə-
ˈsō-sh(ē-)ə-
: a sociopathic individual
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